NLIS Hub acts to reduce service provider charge to NLIS channels

The National Land Information Service (NLIS) Hub today announced a decision to reduce its local authority combined LLC1 and CON29R service provider charge to NLIS channels by more than 50%. The reduction will happen in October this year and licensed conveyancers who subscribe to the NLIS channels will benefit from the greatly reduced charge.

NLIS is a reliable, secure and easy to use service that allows conveyancers to request and receive local land and property searches electronically via an NLIS channel. Search products are supplied by local authorities, the Land Registry, the Coal Authority, and water authorities.

Land Data CEO Jan Boothroyd commented: “The general public want fast, low cost reliable search information and the NLIS Hub’s new pricing policy will go a long way to help make this a reality.”

The decision confirms NLIS Hub’s commitment to authoritative, complete, real-time local authority conveyancing search information.

Chris Strutt, Partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors said: “This is great news for our clients and reinforces what we have long held to be true – that with the ever greater efficiency and cost savings, the NLIS official search in partnership with SearchFlow enables us to deliver a high quality service and the most complete, real time local authority search information. We look forward to passing on the benefits to our clients long into the future.”

For further information please contact:
Fiona BarronJustin Scott at Land Data
Tel: 07770 855337 / 020 7268 3585
Email:fiona.barron@land-data.org.uk /justin.scott@land-data.org.uk
www.land-data.org.uk

Notes to Editors

Land Data manages and regulates The National Land Information Service (NLIS), which was set up to provide electronic access to official sources of land and property information, across the whole of England and Wales, via a hub and a number of electronically accessible channels. The NLIS Hub is connected to all local authorities in England and Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and other sources of land and property information. The information is distributed by NLIS Channels to around 15,000 subscribed solicitors and licensed conveyancers. Since it began operation in 2001, more that 17 million searches have been processed by the NLIS Hub. Land Data became a Community Interest Company in January 2006 in recognition of its commitment to making electronic property search information accessible to the general public and thereby improving the home buying process.
Mayo Wynne Baxter www.mayowynnebaxter.co.uk is a specialist law firm covering Sussex, Kent and Surrey.
SearchFlow www.searchflow.co.uk is one of the NLIS licensed channels.